Amidst reports of many children getting infected by Covid-19 coming from various districts of the State, Director of Public Health Niranjan Mishra on Thursday informed that kids aged below 10 years, after recovering from the disease, are now more susceptible to the Multisystem Inflammatory (MI) syndrome.
He told the media that chances of the MI syndrome in Covid-recovered children aged between 0 and 10 years have increased in the second wave of the pandemic. They develop the syndrome around one month of their recovery.
“These days, many kids suffering from MI syndrome are being hospitalised a month after recovering from the disease.
They complain of headache, diarrhoea and vomiting,” he said. Mishra stated that the Chief Minister has directed the concerned officials to increase the number of beds in hospitals and keep medical oxygen cylinders ready for children ahead of a possible third wave. Arrangements are also being made for ICUs and SDUs at all hospitals at the earliest.As per the data shared by the Information and Public Relations Department, 117 out of the total 771 persons, who tested positive for the virus in last 24 hours, were children aged below 18 years.